Books By C. Peter N. Watson, Anne A. Gershon, Michael N. Oxman - Author

Dr C. Peter N. Watson has been the chief editor of two essential editions on herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia.  He is a neurologist in the Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr Watson published the first well-conducted trial in postherpetic neuralgia of amitriptyline as an analgesic independent of its effects on depression. Dr Watson enjoys an international reputation for that paper and his other contributions in the same field. These include the two well used volumes Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia, which he both edited and wrote a considerable part of (Watson, 1993; Watson & Gershon, 2001). He wrote the chapter on this topic for Bonica's textbook (3rd edition) and in The Textbook of Pain. His seminal study on amitriptyline was followed by a series of pioneering or definitive trials of other oral medications in postherpetic neuralgia, including maprotiline (1992), nortriptyline (1998), and oxycodone (1998). Dr Watson